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  • April 07, 2025

    WilmerHale Welcomes Back Ex-Mass. Criminal Chief

    WilmerHale announced Monday the addition of a longtime Boston federal prosecutor and former criminal division head, who returns to the firm after leading major prosecutions, including a deadly meningitis outbreak and McKinsey & Co.'s work with Purdue Pharma to market OxyContin.

  • April 07, 2025

    Meta May Not Scroll Past 'Clever' Instagram Addiction Suit

    Meta Platforms Inc. may struggle to convince Massachusetts' top court to dismiss a suit claiming it illegally hooks kids on Instagram, according to experts, who credit the state's attorney general for a creative legal strategy to thwart web platforms' usual defenses.

  • April 07, 2025

    Mass. High Court Ponders 'Reasonable' Wear In Lease Dispute

    Massachusetts justices on Monday grappled with defining "reasonable" wear and tear on a rental property as they considered whether a property owner can require tenants to have their apartments professionally cleaned when moving out.

  • April 04, 2025

    Real Estate Recap: 'Gold Card,' ESG, Tokenization

    Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the latest EB-5 investment rush, the tightrope real estate companies are walking with environmental, social and governance factors, and how tokenization can apply to the real estate sector.

  • April 04, 2025

    Justices Told To Keep 'Century-Old Status Quo' On Birthright

    States, immigrant advocacy groups and expectant mothers urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to restrict nationwide court orders prohibiting implementation of his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, arguing that maintaining the long-held understanding of the right won't cause any harm.

  • April 04, 2025

    21 States Say Trump Order Will Disenfranchise Millions

    Attorneys general from California, Washington. New York and 18 other states have filed federal lawsuits to block President Donald Trump's executive order on voting, saying it is an unconstitutional power grab that would make it harder for millions of eligible people to vote.

  • April 04, 2025

    Detained Tufts Student's Suit Transferred To Vermont

    A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday transferred a Tufts University student's habeas corpus suit to Vermont, rejecting the federal government's bid to dismiss the suit or transfer it to Louisiana, where the Turkish doctoral student is currently detained.

  • April 04, 2025

    NIH Wants Prompt 1st Circ. Review Of Agency's Grant Caps

    The National Institutes of Health is seeking a quicker path to appeal a ruling that blocked its cap on research grant costs, asking a Boston federal judge on Friday to make permanent the preliminary injunction that put the agency's cost-cutting plans on hold. 

  • April 04, 2025

    Boston Bomber Asks 1st Circ. To Oust Judge Amid Bias Probe

    Convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday asked the First Circuit to remove the Massachusetts federal judge who presided over his 2015 trial from conducting an inquiry into potential juror bias, after the jurist declined to recuse himself.

  • April 04, 2025

    Trump Gets Supreme Court Win In Teacher Grants Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday axed a Massachusetts federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to reinstate $250 million in teacher training grants for eight states, giving President Donald Trump his first high court win amid what he claims is a flood of unlawful court orders restraining the executive branch's power.

  • April 04, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Siemens AG acquires Dotmatics from Insight Partners, LPL Financial acquires Commonwealth Financial Network, Brookfield Asset Management takes a majority stake in Angel Oak Cos., and TowneBank acquires Old Point Financial Corp.

  • April 04, 2025

    AGs Sue To Halt Disruptions To NIH Grant Funding

    A coalition of 16 states on Friday sued the National Institutes of Health over delays and cancellations of grant programs linked to vaccines, transgender issues and other areas they say are currently "disfavored" by the Trump administration.

  • April 03, 2025

    Warren Calls For Investigation Into SEC's Crypto About-Face

    U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is asking the inspector general of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether President Donald Trump, his family or associates have had "undue influence" over the agency's recent moves to back off from regulating the cryptocurrency industry.

  • April 03, 2025

    Detained Tufts Student Pushes To Keep Suit In Mass.

    Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student who was arrested by immigration officials and quickly transported out of Massachusetts urged a federal judge on Thursday to keep a suit challenging her detention in the state, accusing the government of improper forum shopping.

  • April 03, 2025

    RI Judge Hits Pause On Billions In Health Grant Funding Cuts

    A Rhode Island federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from moving forward, for now, with the termination of billions of dollars in grants supporting state public health programs.

  • April 03, 2025

    Cloud Provider Deleted Backup Data During Hack, Suit Says

    Cloud computing company Wasabi Technologies failed to protect a robotics firm's data during a 2023 ransomware attack and instead permanently deleted a backup based on instructions from one of the perpetrators, according to a complaint filed in Massachusetts state court.

  • April 03, 2025

    $10M Heritage Pharma Price-Fixing Deal Gets Final OK

    A Connecticut federal judge granted final approval to a $10 million deal between Heritage Pharmaceuticals Inc., its parent company Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Emcure's founder Satish Mehta to resolve claims from a coalition of states accusing them of conspiring with other companies to inflate generic drug prices.

  • April 03, 2025

    Diageo GC Resigns For Top Legal Role At Thermo Fisher

    The general counsel at Diageo PLC will depart the British spirits maker for a similar position at biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., he announced in a LinkedIn post.

  • April 03, 2025

    Harvard Says Judge Ignored Time Limits In Coach's Bias Suit

    A Massachusetts federal judge got it wrong when she recommended keeping in play a former ice hockey coach's sex bias lawsuit, Harvard University said, arguing that the judge's findings that the statute of limitations could be extended essentially allow limitless Equal Pay Act claims.

  • April 03, 2025

    SunSetter To Pay $9M Over Defective Awning Covers

    A Massachusetts awning manufacturer will pay $9.25 million and implement a new compliance program to settle civil claims that it failed to report defective awning covers to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, allegedly leading to multiple injuries and at least one death.

  • April 03, 2025

    Atty Suspended Over Billing Lapses In State Street Case

    The former managing partner of Thornton Law Firm LLP has received a 30-day license suspension for his decision to sign an inaccurate billing declaration to a federal judge in an investor action against State Street Bank.

  • April 03, 2025

    Loan Fraud Plea Adds 6 Mos. To Pizzeria Owner's Prison Term

    The owner of a Boston-area pizzeria chain who was sentenced to 8½ years in prison in October for an alleged forced-labor scheme will spend an additional six months behind bars after pleading guilty to submitting false information to the U.S. Small Business Administration to obtain a loan.

  • April 02, 2025

    Perkins Coie Urges Court To End Trump's 'Assault' On Firm

    Perkins Coie LLP on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to permanently block enforcement of President Donald Trump's "unconstitutional assault" on the firm and the rule of law, filing a summary judgment bid the same day the federal government pushed for the firm's suit to be tossed.

  • April 02, 2025

    NIH Sued By Researchers Over 'Ideological Purge' On Grants

    The American Public Health Association and others sued the federal government in Massachusetts federal court on Wednesday over the cancellations of billions of dollars worth of National Institutes of Health research grants on such issues as gender identity, diversity, vaccine hesitancy and climate change, claiming the "ideological purge" is illegal.

  • April 02, 2025

    Zoll Gets Parts Of Data Breach Class Action Tossed

    A Massachusetts federal judge released Zoll Medical Corp. from some claims brought by a proposed class of medical device customers whose personal data was released after two ransomware attacks, but kept alive claims of negligence, unjust enrichment and others.

Expert Analysis

  • Useful Product Doctrine May Not Shield Against PFAS Liability

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    Courts have recognized that companies transferring hazardous recycled materials can defeat liability under environmental laws by showing they were selling a useful product — but new laws in California and elsewhere restricting the sale of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances may change the legal landscape, says Kyle Girouard at Dickinson Wright.

  • SEC Fine Shows Risks Of Nonpublic Info In X, LinkedIn Posts

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced a settlement with DraftKings over charges arising from posting material nonpublic information on the CEO's social media accounts, highlighting that information posted to company websites and social media sites does not automatically qualify as "publicly disclosed" for purposes of Regulation FD, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • Opinion

    Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits

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    With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.

  • How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program

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    During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.

  • Series

    Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.

  • Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys

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    Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.

  • Opinion

    Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code

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    As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.

  • Series

    The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan

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    Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.

  • State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape

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    Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.

  • Review Shipping Terms In Light Of These 3 Global Challenges

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    Given tensions in the Middle East, labor unrest at U.S. ports and the ongoing consequences of climate change, parties involved in maritime shipping must understand the relevant contract provisions and laws that may be implicated during supply chain disruptions in order to mitigate risks, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • Defining All-Risk: Despite $30M Loss, Loose Bolt Not 'Damage'

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    A Massachusetts federal court’s recent ruling in AMAG Pharmaceuticals v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Co., denying coverage for $30 million in damages claimed when a loose bolt caused an air leak, highlights an ongoing debate over the definition of “direct physical loss or damage,” say Josh Tumen and Paul Ferland at Cozen O'Connor.

  • 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney

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    A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • Opinion

    This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process

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    In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • The Complex Challenges Facing Sustainable Food Packaging

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    More and more states are requiring recycled content to be used in product packaging, creating complex technological and regulatory considerations for manufacturers who must also comply with federal food safety requirements, say Peter Coneski and Natalie Rainer at K&L Gates.

  • Series

    Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    Similar to the practice of law, the rules of Diplomacy — a strategic board game set in pre-World War I Europe — are neither concise nor without ambiguity, and weekly gameplay with our colleagues has revealed the game's practical applications to our work as attorneys, say Jason Osborn and Ben Bevilacqua at Winston & Strawn.

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